Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared today that the Holocaust is nothing but a “legend” invented by Jews and Western supporters of Israel.  Congressman Nadler released the following statement in response.

“President Ahmadinejad’s hideous remarks today were evidence either that he is completely deranged, or that he is willing to say anything to please his anti-Israel base – or both.  Regardless of motive, however, and regardless of his grasp of historical fact, his denial of the Holocaust is a horrifying insult to the whole of civilization.

“It is also a stark warning.  This madman must not be allowed to acquire the nuclear weapons he seeks to carry out his deluded doomsday fantasies.”